προηρόσιος
α, ον, ἡ
A.
before the time of tillage: προηροσία (sc. θυσία), ἡ, a festival at that time celebrated by Athens for the whole of Greece, Hyp. Fr. 75, Lycurg. Fr. 87 (‐όσια cj. Sauppe), Aristid. 1.196J., Lib. Decl. 1.179, Sch.Ar. Pl. 1055, Phot., etc.: also προηρόσια (sc. θύματα or ἱερά), τά, IG 22.1029.16, Hsch., Suid. s.v. εἰρεσιώνη (gen. pl. ‐ιων in ambiguous in IG 22.1363.6): sg. προηγορ‐όσιον Sch.Ar. Eq. 725: cf. πληροσία, πρηροσία.
II.
θεοὶ προηρόσιοι the gods in whose honour it was performed, Plu. 2.1119e; π. Δημήτηρ ib.158d.